Effective Immigration Enforcement
 

The DHS policy allows immigration officials to take into account factors like military service, poor health, long residence in the U.S., old age and the absence of connections to the country of birth in deciding whether to pursue removal in individual cases. In fact, DHS -- and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) before it -- have always exercised discretion based on these kinds of factors for obtaining US Citizenship.

U.S. immigration policy still needs to be fixed. The American people would be better served if Congress worked towards constructive solutions to this challenge, rather than engaged in political theater. Click here for more.